Today, we ran 37 km from Mals to Schlanders , Italy. The stage had 2063 meters of climbing and 2334 meters of descending!!
After yesterday's finish, we got to start in the B gate!! I was so excited because we are notoriously late lining up every morning, and always end up being the shmucks who duck under the fence and budge in line to get an ok starting position. Starting in the B gate, we could roll in 5 minutes before race start and have a great position!
This was a hard stage, and we knew there was a nasty climb from 16 km-21 km.
Rene felt horrible the whole stage, and it only got worse. The worst thing about being in a team is when you are feeling amazing and your teammate is suffering!! You want to make them feel better, give them some of your energy, etc. But bottom line, there is very little you can do for them except try to make anything you can easier for them and support them with whatever they need.
This was a very hard stage emotionally for me (and obviously for Rene too!!!), as I hate to see my friend and teammate suffer.
On the big climb, there was a drummer, a tuba player playing music- VERY cool!! We also climbed to our highest point of the race- 3000 meters!!! Also VERY cool!!
It was hard to enjoy this stage though when my partner was having such a rough day:(
But she made it through, didn't quit and persevered as best she could- I am VERY proud of her for that!!!
Tomorrow is the last stage, and above all else- we know we will be at the finish line tomorrow!!!
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